Focusing is a gentle yet powerful self-awareness technique that lets you tap into your body's wisdom and make positive changes in your life.
The Power of Focusing guides you in learning this vital technique of self-exploration and self-discovery.

Rationality: From AI to Zombies

By:
Eliezer Yudkowsky

Narrated by:
George Thomas,
Robert DeRoeck,
Aaron Silverbook

Length: 49 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
14

Story

5 out of 5 stars
13

What does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational", where you forsake all human feeling to embrace Cold Hard Logic, but where you make good decisions, even when it's hard; where you reason well, even in the face of massive uncertainty; where you recognize and make full use of your fuzzy intuitions and emotions, rather than trying to discard them. In
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, Eliezer Yudkowsky explains the science underlying human irrationality with a mix of fables, argumentative essays, and personal vignettes.

5 out of 5 stars

One of my top three books ever, maybe number one.

By
mahoneko
on
12-13-17

Your Breathing Body, Volume 1

By:
Reginald A. Ray PhD

Narrated by:
Reginald A. Ray

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
92

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
78

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
79

Your breath is a gateway to the vastness of the universe - and the path to your highest fulfillment. This is the premise behind
Your Breathing Body, a landmark 2 volume breath-work curriculum from esteemed meditation teacher and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Reggie Ray. Volume 1 presents an audio course with the beginner in mind. Volume 2 contains audio for the advanced practitioner.

5 out of 5 stars

Very Detailed

By
SteveD
on
04-06-15

Waking the Tiger

Healing Trauma

By:
Peter A. Levine,
Ann Frederick

Narrated by:
Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
185

Performance

3 out of 5 stars
164

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
165

Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: Why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.

4 out of 5 stars

essential book- worst narration ever!

By
madisun
on
10-30-16

Somatic Descent

Experiencing the Ultimate Intelligence of the Body

By:
Reginald A. Ray Ph.D.

Narrated by:
Reginald A. Ray Ph.D.

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
66

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
55

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
55

With
Somatic Descent, you are invited to tune in to the natural wisdom of your body, refine and amplify it, and explore it fully. In this program pioneering teacher Dr. Reggie Ray presents a fascinating audio program on this rich dimension of Tibetan Buddhism: how to go beyond the veil of the thinking mind to tap the wondrous yet wholly trustworthy domain of your body.

5 out of 5 stars

another amazing work by Reggie. thank you

By
Jeanette
on
04-07-17

Never Broken

Songs Are Only Half the Story

By:
Jewel

Narrated by:
Jewel

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,704

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,589

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,590

New York Times best-selling poet and multiplatinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventional upbringing and extraordinary life in an inspirational memoir that covers her childhood, rise to fame, marriage, and motherhood. She writes beautifully about growing up amid the natural wonders of Alaska, about pain and childhood trauma, and about discovering her own identity years after the entire world had discovered the beauty of her songs.

5 out of 5 stars

I did not expect to like this book

By
Megan
on
09-30-15

The Power of Focusing

A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing

By:
Ann Weiser Cornell

Narrated by:
Margo Trueblood

Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
8

Story

5 out of 5 stars
8

Focusing is a gentle yet powerful self-awareness technique that lets you tap into your body's wisdom and make positive changes in your life.
The Power of Focusing guides you in learning this vital technique of self-exploration and self-discovery.

Rationality: From AI to Zombies

By:
Eliezer Yudkowsky

Narrated by:
George Thomas,
Robert DeRoeck,
Aaron Silverbook

Length: 49 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
14

Story

5 out of 5 stars
13

What does it actually mean to be rational? Not Hollywood-style "rational", where you forsake all human feeling to embrace Cold Hard Logic, but where you make good decisions, even when it's hard; where you reason well, even in the face of massive uncertainty; where you recognize and make full use of your fuzzy intuitions and emotions, rather than trying to discard them. In
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, Eliezer Yudkowsky explains the science underlying human irrationality with a mix of fables, argumentative essays, and personal vignettes.

5 out of 5 stars

One of my top three books ever, maybe number one.

By
mahoneko
on
12-13-17

Your Breathing Body, Volume 1

By:
Reginald A. Ray PhD

Narrated by:
Reginald A. Ray

Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
92

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
78

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
79

Your breath is a gateway to the vastness of the universe - and the path to your highest fulfillment. This is the premise behind
Your Breathing Body, a landmark 2 volume breath-work curriculum from esteemed meditation teacher and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Reggie Ray. Volume 1 presents an audio course with the beginner in mind. Volume 2 contains audio for the advanced practitioner.

5 out of 5 stars

Very Detailed

By
SteveD
on
04-06-15

Waking the Tiger

Healing Trauma

By:
Peter A. Levine,
Ann Frederick

Narrated by:
Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
185

Performance

3 out of 5 stars
164

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
165

Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: Why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.

4 out of 5 stars

essential book- worst narration ever!

By
madisun
on
10-30-16

Somatic Descent

Experiencing the Ultimate Intelligence of the Body

By:
Reginald A. Ray Ph.D.

Narrated by:
Reginald A. Ray Ph.D.

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
66

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
55

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
55

With
Somatic Descent, you are invited to tune in to the natural wisdom of your body, refine and amplify it, and explore it fully. In this program pioneering teacher Dr. Reggie Ray presents a fascinating audio program on this rich dimension of Tibetan Buddhism: how to go beyond the veil of the thinking mind to tap the wondrous yet wholly trustworthy domain of your body.

5 out of 5 stars

another amazing work by Reggie. thank you

By
Jeanette
on
04-07-17

Never Broken

Songs Are Only Half the Story

By:
Jewel

Narrated by:
Jewel

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,704

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,589

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,590

New York Times best-selling poet and multiplatinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventional upbringing and extraordinary life in an inspirational memoir that covers her childhood, rise to fame, marriage, and motherhood. She writes beautifully about growing up amid the natural wonders of Alaska, about pain and childhood trauma, and about discovering her own identity years after the entire world had discovered the beauty of her songs.

5 out of 5 stars

I did not expect to like this book

By
Megan
on
09-30-15

The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By:
Bessel Van der Kolk MD

Narrated by:
Sean Pratt

Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
3,819

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
3,342

Story

5 out of 5 stars
3,299

In
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring - specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neuro feedback, mindfulness techniques, play, yoga, and other therapies.

5 out of 5 stars

There's a Reason for the High Ratings

By
Paul F.
on
03-17-15

Healing Trauma

Restoring the Wisdom of the Body

By:
Peter A. Levine

Narrated by:
Peter A. Levine

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
185

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
140

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
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Are you experiencing physical or emotional symptoms that no one is able to explain? If so, you may be suffering a traumatic reaction to a past event, teaches Levine.

5 out of 5 stars

New Neuroscience Applied

By
Mandy P
on
10-20-11

The Realization Process

A Step-by-Step Guide to Embodied Spiritual Awakening

By:
Judith Blackstone PhD

Narrated by:
Judith Blackstone PhD

Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins

Original Recording

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4.5 out of 5 stars
13

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Story

5 out of 5 stars
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It is possible to live more deeply, more intimately in touch with yourself and with the world around you. It is possible to experience your interconnection with everything, even as you express your own utter uniqueness. All it takes is a subtle inner attunement to your own body and mind.

4 out of 5 stars

excellent somatic training in accessing one's core

By
himant ellis
on
05-08-15

The Strange Order of Things

Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures

By:
Antonio Damasio

Narrated by:
Steve West,
Antonio Damasio

Length: 9 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
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Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
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The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only the survival but also the flourishing of life. Antonio Damasio makes clear that we descend biologically, psychologically, and even socially from a long lineage that begins with single living cells; that our minds and cultures are linked by an invisible thread to the ways and means of ancient unicellular life and other primitive life-forms.

Healing the Core Wound of Unworthiness

The Gift of Redemptive Love

By:
Adyashanti

Narrated by:
Adyashanti

Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
475

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
400

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
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"So many of us hold a deep belief that we were born unworthy," reflects Adyashanti, "inadequate, unlovable, and alone." But what if, in truth, we weren't put here to pay penance, change our karma, or "fix" ourselves? What if we chose to be here because we so loved the world that we poured ourselves into it - to make it whole again, to restore "the hidden divinity amid the disaster"? With
Healing the Core Wound of Unworthiness, we're invited to entertain that possibility.

5 out of 5 stars

Loved it! Topic not often dealt with directly.

By
Robert
on
03-28-16

Advice Not Given

A Guide to Getting Over Yourself

By:
Mark Epstein MD

Narrated by:
Mark Epstein MD

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
107

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
95

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
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Our ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better, smarter, and more in control, is one affliction we all share. In
Advice Not Given, Dr. Mark Epstein reveals how Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, two traditions that developed in entirely different times and places and, until recently, had nothing to do with each other, both identify the ego as the limiting factor in our well-being, and both come to the same conclusion: When we give the ego free reign, we suffer; but when it learns to let go, we are free.

5 out of 5 stars

Insight

By
Russell O Christenson
on
01-25-18

In an Unspoken Voice

How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

By:
Peter A. Levine Ph.D.,
Gabor Mate - foreword M.D.

Narrated by:
Ed Nash

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
28

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
24

Story

5 out of 5 stars
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In this culmination of his life's work, Peter A. Levine draws on his broad experience as a clinician, a student of comparative brain research, a stress scientist, and a keen observer of the naturalistic animal world to explain the nature and transformation of trauma in the body, brain and psyche.
In an Unspoken Voice is based on the idea that trauma is neither a disease nor a disorder but rather an injury caused by fright, helplessness, and loss that can be healed by engaging our innate capacity to self-regulate high states of arousal and intense emotions.

3 out of 5 stars

Ed Nash shouldn't be reading audio books

By
ZOEY K ANDERSON
on
10-25-17

Attachment in Psychotherapy

By:
David J. Wallin

Narrated by:
Bob Souer

Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
43

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychotherapy, and the psychology of mindfulness.

5 out of 5 stars

An inspiration for a psychotherapist

By
T. D. Howell
on
12-17-17

A Mind at Home with Itself

How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around

In
A Mind at Home with Itself, Byron Katie illuminates one of the most profound ancient Buddhist texts,
The Diamond Sutra (newly translated by distinguished scholar Stephen Mitchell), to reveal the nature of the mind and to liberate us from painful thoughts, using her revolutionary system of self-inquiry called "The Work". Byron Katie doesn't merely describe the awakened mind; she empowers us to see it and feel it in action.

5 out of 5 stars

what the hell just happened?!

By
Anonymous User
on
10-04-17

The Practice of Pure Awareness

Somatic Meditation for Touching Infinity

By:
Reginald A. Ray

Narrated by:
Reginald A. Ray

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
139

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
114

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
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How can we discover this perfect, somatic knowing? It begins by removing the blockages that manifest mentally, emotionally, and physically. Join Reggie Ray as he presents the practice of pure awareness in nine guided, sequential sessions that lead to the direct experience of our true nature. Emphasizing deep relaxation, the power in the lower belly, opening the central channel, and the significance of posture, Reggie helps us unfold ever-subtler realizations of our capacities to love and heal.

5 out of 5 stars

For the Seeker

By
Adriah
on
11-15-15

Self-Therapy, 2nd Edition

By:
Jay Earley

Narrated by:
David Baird

Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
32

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
23

Story

4 out of 5 stars
22

A step-by-step guide to creating wholeness and healing your inner child using IFS, a new, cutting-edge psychotherapy. Understand your psyche in a clear and comprehensive way, and resolve deep-seated emotional issues.
Self-Therapy makes the power of a cutting-edge psychotherapy approach accessible to everyone. Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) has been spreading rapidly across the country over the past decade. It is incredibly effective on a wide variety of life issues, such as self-esteem, procrastination, depression, and relationship issues.

5 out of 5 stars

An exceptional, transformatioal work.

By
toni
on
01-01-17

Meditation for Pain Relief

By:
Peter A. Levine,
Maggie Phillips

Narrated by:
Peter A. Levine,
Maggie Phillips

Length: 30 mins

Original Recording

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
9

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4 out of 5 stars
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For those suffering chronic pain - even after years of surgery, rehabilitation, and medication - only one question matters: How do I find lasting relief? Doctors Levine and Philips offer several distinct mindfulness techniques for reconnecting with the body and allowing fear, frustration, and depression to release. Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses.

1 out of 5 stars

Not what I thought

By
Amazon Customer
on
09-24-16

Publisher's Summary

Here is a breakthrough method of “unlocking the wisdom within your body” to solve specific problems and achieve dramatic personal growth and change. This original, innovative program of self-therapy enables you to tap into your deepest level of wisdom, the “gut-level” knowledge that already exists within your body. By accessing this subliminal body-mind awareness (or “felt sense”) that lies beyond thoughts and feelings, you can get to the root of the conflicts within you, gain a fuller comprehension of your unresolved problems, and solve them.

What is focusing? It is a technique of self-therapy that teaches you to identify and change the way your personal problems concretely exist in your body. Unlike methods that stress “getting in touch with your feelings”, there is a built-in test: each focusing step, when done correctly, is marked by a physical relief, a profound release of tension. Focusing guides you to the deepest level of awareness within your body. It is on this level, unfamiliar to most people, that unresolved problems actually exist, and only on this level can they change.

Both a practical guide and a powerful philosophy of personal growth, this effective, proven procedure has wide-ranging applications, including healing, education, business, creative pursuits, and problem solving.

Real Breakthroughs, I'm so glad I found this again

I've listened to many self hypnosis and self development programs. I used to listen to tapes, and now I've graduated to Audible.

I had this focusing tape and listened to it many times. I've looked for it several times on Audible, and I'm so glad it's now available, as I lost the tape (plus don't have a tape player).

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

On a couple of occasions I've had actual life changing breakthroughs of understanding doing this program. While I enjoy lots of different self development concepts and self hypnosis, this is the only one that has lead to a real epiphany.

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend this program to everyone. It's really different and really effective. I love it when I can find something like that.

Focuses on working with and interpreting gut instincts

Focuses on working with and interpreting gut instincts -- a refreshing vacation from approaches which are exclusively logic based. Hard to execute on the steps at first if you haven't done focusing before, but it is worth it to keep at it until you feel the shift.